Queer Comics
A Critical Guide
$38.24
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
18 March 2027
Summary
An international and intersectional introduction mapping the history, impact, key critical issues and seminal texts of the genre, Queer Comics looks at queer creators and content in graphic narratives beyond familiar American gay and lesbian names. For as long as there have been comics, queer people have been making them. There is more queer work than ever before, but it can be hard to find. This book surveys the history of queer comics, speaks to the diversity of qu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350477087 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350477087 |
| Author: | Sam Orchard, Dr Tof Eklund |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 18 March 2027 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Comics Studies |
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Critics Review
Queer Comics is a comprehensive, well-researched, and well-argued scholarly work that will undoubtedly appeal to students and researchers alike. The authors’ engaging, conversational approach—paired with their scrupulous attention to detail and sharp critical perspectives—make this book a welcome addition to the critical comics and comics history corpus. * Tahneer Oksman, Maymount Manhattan University, USA *
Sam Orchard
Tof Eklund lectures at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand. Their research interests lie at the intersection of the theoretical, subcultural, digital, creative, and queer. Their work includes fiction, minigames, zines and TTRPGs as well as traditional scholarship.
Sam Orchard is Curator for Cartoons, Comics, Illustrated books and Children’s Literature at the National Library of New Zealand, and a working comic artist. He has developed comic resources and contributed to publications and journals across the globe.
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